Lord Romney's Exquisite Widow
“Her focus turned even more completely toward the dashing Lord Atten. It was best if one seemed to be happily engaged, instead of the truth. For indeed, it had taken a full two hours to convince herself to pluck up the courage to come, and now that Lord Atten had sought her out again, it would seem those nerves had nearly trebled. It was one thing to come to a house party and play a few games and to intermingle with others, but it was quite another to be worried over what they must all be whispe...ring about her and her apparently unvirtuous nature. Good heavens! She was becoming warm just thinking about the horridness of the prattling of society. And as much as she had spent the last few days preparing herself to take the Ton by storm, it was rather inconvenient, and not as easy as she had convinced herself it would be.“Would you like to go driving with me around Hyde Park tomorrow?” Lord Atten asked just as Lord Hamson appeared at her side. “Why, thank you, yes!” she replied, perhaps a little too brightly.Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Lord Hamson take a few steps backward.MoreLess
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